Pictures: Elvis the Crocodile steals lawnmower

Wednesday 28 Dec 2011 11:20 am

Pictures: Elvis the Crocodile steals lawnmower

Got ya: Elvis gets his mower. Elvis the crocodile attacks a lawnmower at the Australian Reptile Park in Gosford, north of Sydney, in this still image taken from video December 28, 2011. Two workers at a reptile park near Sydney ran for their lives on Wednesday when a 500 kg crocodile named Elvis suddenly lunged at them, making off with their lawnmower.

On guard: It took zoo staff an hour to retrieve the mower from the cranky croc

Elvis the crocodile grabs lawnmower

Billy Collett offering a 5kg salmon adorned in Christmas decorations to ‘Elvis’ the five-metre-long saltwater crocodile at the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney. On December 28 ‘Elvis’, who has already killed two potential mates, attacked staff with a lawn mower inside his enclosure. A rescue mission was mounted a few hours later to retrieve the mower, which the huge crocodile had dragged underwater.

Fifty year old Australian Saltwater Crocodile Elvis is fed by keeper Billy Collett after attacking a lawn mower in his enclosure earlier in the morning at the Australian Reptile Park in Gosford 28 December 2011. Elvis was acquired by the park in 2008 after it had been causing a nuisance in Darwin harbour by climbing onto fishing boats.